Dino has decided to cease
publication
of Stagestruck for financial and time reasons. Instead, he will devote
his
time to updating Tribute information on the Offical page and will be
posting
the back issues of Stagestruck as well

Stagestruck
Issue
#11 includes an exclusive interview with Gerry McAvoy. Dino did a
45
minute interview and touched on everything from how he first joined the
Rory
Gallagher Band right up until his last gig in New York.Great stuff!!

He also got
another interview with Ronnie Drew once of Dubliners fame.Talked about
Rory and
their recording of Barley and Grape Rag. Also news of the
official
Rory Gallagher stamp which was issued in 2003 in Ireland

Dave McHugh at the
Rory Bar The Meeting
Place / The Rory Gallagher Bar

Stagestruck
(#7)This
issue includes:An
interview with Donal focusing on the reissues,the BBC
Sessions and future plansAn
interview with Tony Arnold, the technical ace in chargeof the
remastering & remixing of the Rory catalog.A two
page section of photos from various Rory tributes.
Some articles, reviews and lots of other information

Stagestruck
#8from Dino"I have
a great interview with Lou Martin plus an exclusive photo of the new
Rory
signature series Stratocaster.There is also an opening letter
fromDonal,
plus a selection of the "fans choice" for a Rory Tribute album.
All
this and much more!!"

Stagestruck
#9The main
vocus of the next issue (No9) are two in depth interviews that Donal
has done.One was with the Donegal Democrat newspaper on the day the
plaque was unveiled in Ballyshannon,at the Rock hospital.This interview
tells how Rory's mother and father met and how they lived in
Ballyshannon and then moved to
Derry and Cork.Quite interesting and moving as this is the first time
Donal
has seen the actual delivery room(in The Rock hospital) that Rory was
brought into the world.

The
other is an interview with Donal, that Dino carried out. They spoke
about the
forthcoming acoustic album, Irish Tour '74 video / DVD, Isle of Wight
video
and other probable future releases.An interview with Australian
guitarist
Gwyn Ashton who has just recorded an album with Gerry McAvoy and
Brendan
O'Neill as his backing band, they play on the whole album and have
recorded
a version of Who's That Coming.

Dino
also has a review of The Best of Taste CD which has just been
remastered and
sleeve notes compiled by Donal Gallagher.Review of the year from Tony
Moore
of the Rory Tribute Bar in Midleton.Plus a piece about the reformed
Taste.

Stagestruck #10This issue includes
interviews with-Barry Barnes
dealing with the organization of the Dukinfield Tribute

-Tony Moore (
owner of the Rory Bar) concerning the opening of the Rory bar and the
news that it is up
for sale

-Donal Gallagher
covering a lot of topics including the making of the IT74 DVD, the
acoustic album and
some future plans for Rory material.plus plenty more